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Monday, November 23, 2015

 
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Monday, November 23, 2015
by Sherisse Norris - Monday, 23 November 2015, 6:17 PM
 

Upcoming Dates / Reminders:

  • Thank you for those who have already let me know that you can drive for Dansko. We are still short 3 seats for students. I am hopeful for a couple more drivers or CRC to come in so we will go ahead as planned. For those drivers who are meeting us there, please be at the Dansko Studios at 9am on Friday morning at 4814 West Saanich Road. Students need to bring a costume that they can move in, running shoes to dance in, a small nutritious snack to enjoy there, and a water bottle. Children traveling with other parents need to bring their booster seat. Parents can stay and watch from the viewing area or return at 10:25 for the performance. We will be heading back to the school at 10:30am.
  • Due to our field trip on Friday morning, there will be no Read Around the Room this week.
  • Lochside is hosting a Scholastic Book Fair. Last day is tomorrow (Tuesday).
  • Open House in our classroom is coming up this Wednesday, November 25th.  Parents are invited in our class from 3-5pm to view the children's portfolios and journals.  There will be 2 stations to explore. Tea & cookies will be available and you can enjoy these and look at a book together on the carpet. After your snack the second station is to have a look through your child's portfolio and journals at the tables.  Students are expected to come with their parents as they will lead you sharing their classroom and work.
  • Book Exchange is on Thursday morning. Please return your library books by Wednesday.
  • Kindergarten classes will be performing some songs they have been learning with Mrs. Chater on Tuesday, December 15th at 1:30pm in the school gym.  Mark your calendar and plan to be there for the Primary Concert.

Classroom News:


Did you know we have a class twitter account?  Twitter is a tool I use to connect with parents and other educators and share what is happening in our classroom.  Check us out at @missnorris63 or click on the link here:


https://twitter.com/missnorris63


I do not post pictures of students' faces or names but try to tweet once a day one aspect from our day.  Try showing your child the picture from the day and ask them to tell you about it.  Our twitter feed is open so you can view the posts without an account.  If you are on twitter, feel free to follow us!


Theme Studies:  This week we will look at the appearance of the owl and try to recreate it with art. 


Social Responsibility:  We continue to practice taking care of ourselves at Lochside, take care of each other, and take care of our community.  


Language Arts: We will be getting ready for our Open House and do some labeling in our portfolios.  We will also finish up our poems to be ready to go in our duotang and head home on Thursday with our library books.  Please return these after the weekend.


Math: This week we will play a math game and practicing tracing the number from the dice. We try to remember to start at the top and pull our pencil down.  As we get closer to December, we will build a calendar to help us count down to Christmas.


Science: We are hoping to get into the courtyard this week and find something to look at closely and sketch it in our science journals.


Gym: In Gym we are working on rolling and fielding skills with a ball.